No. S 96
Merchant Shipping Act
(Chapter 179)
Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 2003
In exercise of the powers conferred by sections 45 and 216 of the Merchant Shipping Act, the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore, with the approval of the Minister for Transport, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into operation on 1st March 2003.
Amendment of regulation 9
2.  Regulation 9 of the Merchant Shipping (Registration of Ships) Regulations (Rg 7) (referred to in these Regulations as the principal Regulations) is amended by deleting paragraphs (2) and (3) and substituting the following paragraphs:
“(2)  The owner and manager of a ship shall, when applying for the registry of the ship, submit to the Registrar such particulars as the Registrar may require.
(3)  The owner or manager of a ship shall notify the Registrar of any change in any of the particulars submitted under this regulation within 30 days of the change.
(3A)  Where a change in particulars reported under this regulation is in respect of the residential address of the owner or manager of a ship, the owner of manager shall be deemed to have complied with paragraph (3) if he has made a report of the change under section 8 of the National Registration Act (Cap. 201) within 28 days thereof.”.
Amendment of regulation 20
3.  Regulation 20 of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after paragraph (2), the following paragraph:
“(3)  Where a change in particulars reported under this regulation is in respect of the residential address of the registered owner of a pleasure craft, the registered owner shall be deemed to have complied with paragraph (1) if he has made a report of the change under section 8 of the National Registration Act (Cap. 201) within 28 days thereof.”.
Deletion and substitution of regulation 36
4.  Regulation 36 of the principal Regulations is deleted and the following regulations substituted therefor:
“Demand for payment of annual tonnage tax
36.  The Registrar may send a copy of the demand for payment of the annual tonnage tax to any person appearing as a mortgagee in the ship’s register at the address recorded therein.
Exemption
36A.  The Registrar may exempt any ship or person from any provision of these Regulations and may impose such conditions as he may consider to be expedient.”.
New regulation 39
5.  The principal Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 38, the following regulation:
“Offences
39.  Any person who contravenes regulation 9(3), 15(1) or (2), 18 or 20(1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000.”.

Made this 24th day of February 2003.

PETER ONG
Chairman,
Maritime and Port Authority
of Singapore.
[MPA 46/02.C05.V02/TME; AG/LEG/SL/179/2002/1 Vol. 3]
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